[meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:38:27 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kYeyio9ZrJwHnqrY87T2bXB9vwucOkXyQGFick7TxJPPw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Yes...I know of those but was interested in any ancient ones that were
in any of the list members collections (what happened to the signpost
meteorite)....anyone got an artefact made from the Cape York meteorite
for example. More interested in historical ones.

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:12 AM, <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Well, Graham,
>
> Now that you have the hammer, you should try to get the anvil.
> If the Smithsonian will let you have the Tucson Ring! ? ? ;-)
>
> Anne M. Black
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>
> In a message dated 11/23/2011 5:55:03 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> graham.ensor at gmail.com writes:
> Thanks Matthias,
>
> Would be interesting to see any other meteorites out there that are
> also artefacts/used as tools etc.....anyone else got photos to share?
>
> Graham
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Matthias B?rmann <majbaermann at web.de>
> wrote:
>>
>> Well, Graham, it's a breathtaking iron also without scalp ...
>>
>> Congratulations!
>> Matthias
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Ensor" <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
>> To: "Bernd V. Pauli" <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Taza (was: Hammer hammers!)
>>
>>
>>> Svend has had some of the most spectacular meteorites in his
>>> collection as his website illustrates....
>>>
>>> It made my Ensisheim trip rather expensive that year but I was glad to
>>> give it a good home.....would be great to find some way of testing
>>> when it was actually used as a hammer....I think Sven suggested trying
>>> to look for some organic matter trapped in the many layers of
>>> overturned burrs formed on the tip that was the hammer head and have
>>> that dated....but that would probably involve cutting into it and I
>>> would never want to do that.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Graham
>
>
>
Received on Wed 23 Nov 2011 08:38:27 PM PST